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		<title>Review of Blue Sage Realty in Westminster, CO &#8212; It Sucks!</title>
		<link>http://blog.bharper.com/content/2008/07/review-of-blue-sage-realty-in-westminster-co-it-sucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My buddy Rod recently had a really bizarre and unprofessional experience with Kathryn MacGeraghty and her team at Blue Sage Realty.  It sounds like a good place to avoid at all costs.  You can read more about his experience here.
Blue Sage Realty in Westminster Sucks!
I also posted a review of Blue Sage Realty, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My buddy Rod recently had a really bizarre and unprofessional experience with Kathryn MacGeraghty and her team at <a href="http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2008/07/02/blue-sage-realty-im-rejecting-your-application-get-out/">Blue Sage Realty</a>.  It sounds like a good place to avoid at all costs.  You can read more about <a href="http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2008/07/02/blue-sage-realty-im-rejecting-your-application-get-out/">his experience here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Blue Sage Realty in Westminster Sucks!</strong></p>
<p>I also posted a <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/blue-sage-realty-westminster#hrid:hHFWEdtyNQWfHuc6Ef47pA">review of Blue Sage Realty, Westminster CO</a> at Yelp.</p>
<p>There are a few other listings for Blue Sage on the interwebs, so this is the one that he had this bad experience at:</p>
<p>Blue Sage Realty, Inc<br />
8471 Turnpike Dr, Suite 220<br />
Westminster, CO 80031<br />
(303) 432-9898 Office</p>
<p>http://www.bluesagerealtyinc.com</p>
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		<title>A Soldier Speaks Out On Craigslist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About all that I can do here is provide a link, perhaps an excerpt, and say &#8220;wow&#8221;.

How do I dare say this to you moronic war supporters who are &#8220;Supporting our Troops&#8221; and waving the flag and all that happy horse shit? I&#8217;ll tell you why. I&#8217;m a Marine and I served my tour in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>About all that I can do here is <a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/309485032.html">provide a link</a>, perhaps an excerpt, and say &#8220;wow&#8221;.</p>
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How do I dare say this to you moronic war supporters who are &#8220;Supporting our Troops&#8221; and waving the flag and all that happy horse shit? I&#8217;ll tell you why. I&#8217;m a Marine and I served my tour in Iraq. My husband, also a Marine, served several. I left the service six months ago because I got pregnant while he was home on leave and three days ago I get a visit from two men in uniform who hand me a letter and tell me my husband died in that fucking festering sand-pit. He should have been home a month ago but they extended his tour and now he&#8217;s coming home in a box.</p>
<p>You fuckers and that god-damn lying sack of shit they call a president are the reason my husband will never see his baby and my kid will never meet his dad.
</p></blockquote>
<p>Wow.</p>
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		<title>Another Speech, Another Lie</title>
		<link>http://blog.bharper.com/content/2007/01/another-speech-another-lie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, we totally thwarted the terra again according to the State of the Union speech given last night:

&#8220;We stopped an al Qaeda plot to fly a hijacked airplane into the tallest building on the West Coast.&#8221;

I&#8217;m so proud.  Lets bring out the shirts that look like flags and celebrate!
Oh wait, that &#8220;threat&#8221; has actually [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, we totally thwarted the terra again according to the State of the Union speech given last night:</p>
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&#8220;We stopped an al Qaeda plot to fly a hijacked airplane into the tallest building on the West Coast.&#8221;
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<p>I&#8217;m so proud.  Lets bring out the shirts that look like flags and celebrate!</p>
<p>Oh wait, that &#8220;threat&#8221; has actually <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2007/240107terrorclaim.htm">been debunked as a myth</a>.</p>
<p>In other news, <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2007/01/post_15.php">Obama is going after Faux news</a> for the <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/22/cnn-obama-debunk/">fake &#8220;Madrassa&#8221; report</a> about him, and apparently <a href="http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/sayar/riqs.htm">racists are morans</a>.  (intentional typo)</p>
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		<title>We Are Watching You</title>
		<link>http://blog.bharper.com/content/2007/01/we-are-watching-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post reminded me of an interesting factoid that I keep forgetting to mention.
According to my server logs, two of the biggest fans of my Snacks On A Plane spoof are the US Department of Justice, and The Pentagon.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My <a href="http://blog.bharper.com/content/2007/01/andy-griffith-is-a-terrorist/">last post</a> reminded me of an interesting factoid that I keep forgetting to mention.</p>
<p>According to my server logs, two of the biggest fans of my <a href="http://snacksonaplane.net">Snacks On A Plane</a> spoof are the <a href="http://www.usdoj.gov/">US Department of Justice</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon">The Pentagon</a>.</p>
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		<title>Dining In Denver With A Purpose</title>
		<link>http://blog.bharper.com/content/2006/12/dining-in-denver-with-a-purpose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SAME Cafe in Denver just made national news in an article titled Where &#8220;Check Please&#8221; is Your Call in Time Magazine.  I&#8217;m kind of surprised this is the first I&#8217;ve heard of this place, but I guess if I read the Westword a little more regularly I would have noticed it&#8217;s first mention [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.soallmayeat.org/">SAME Cafe</a> in Denver just made national news in an article titled <em><a href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1572805,00.html">Where &#8220;Check Please&#8221; is Your Call</a></em> in <a href="http://time.com">Time Magazine</a>.  I&#8217;m kind of surprised this is the first I&#8217;ve heard of this place, but I guess if I read the <a href="http://westword.com">Westword</a> a little more regularly I would have noticed <a href="http://www.westword.com/Issues/2006-11-02/dining/bite_2.html">it&#8217;s first mention</a> in the media.  Sounds like a place I need to check-out soon.</p>
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		<title>America Is Being Attacked By Gay Devil Foods!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh nos!  Save us!  We&#8217;re feeding our kids DEVIL FOODS THAT MAKES THEM TEH GAYS!
On a related note, Henry Rollins rants about the current religious movements in the US, and although his round-about presentation could have been better, he drops enough f-bombs to make me happy.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh nos!  Save us!  We&#8217;re feeding our kids <a href="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327">DEVIL FOODS THAT MAKES THEM TEH GAYS</a>!</p>
<p>On a related note, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rollins">Henry Rollins</a> rants about the current religious movements in the US, and although his round-about presentation could have been better, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnexu_eGyYs">he drops enough f-bombs</a> to make me happy.</p>
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		<title>Winning Hearts and Minds (1 of 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<title>Bush Supporters:  The Blind Leading the Blind</title>
		<link>http://blog.bharper.com/content/2006/02/bush-supporters-the-blind-leading-the-blind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a great blog post from Glenn Greenwald outlining how logically irrational Bush supporters are about anyone who does not agree with his policies.   Essentially if you aren&#8217;t a follower, you&#8217;re immediately cast as a &#8220;liberal&#8221;, which is apparently a bad word.

It used to be the case that in order to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I came across a great blog post from Glenn Greenwald outlining how logically irrational Bush supporters are about anyone who does not agree with his policies.   Essentially if you aren&#8217;t a follower, <a href="http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/02/do-bush-followers-have-political.html">you&#8217;re immediately cast as a &#8220;liberal&#8221;</a>, which is apparently a bad word.</p>
<blockquote cite="http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/02/do-bush-followers-have-political.html"><p>
It used to be the case that in order to be considered a &#8220;liberal&#8221; or someone &#8220;of the Left,&#8221; one had to actually ascribe to liberal views on the important policy issues of the day – social spending, abortion, the death penalty, affirmative action, immigration, &#8220;judicial activism,&#8221; hate speech laws, gay rights, utopian foreign policies, etc. etc. These days, to be a &#8220;liberal,&#8221; such views are no longer necessary.
</p></blockquote>
<p>A very insightful post.  While you&#8217;re at it, give the <a href="http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html">World&#8217;s Smallest Political Quiz</a> a try (via <a href="http://blog.air0day.com/about">Rod</a>).  I&#8217;m just barely in the liberal category surprisingly enough&#8211; while socially I scored 90%, economically I scored 40% (0% being uber liberal).</p>
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<p>So I guess that means I support social diversity &#038; tolerance and moderate economic policies to help keep people educated and with jobs?  I&#8217;m riding the Centrist / Libertarian / Liberal fence it would appear which would probably explain why I haven&#8217;t been compelled enough to register as a Democrat rather than an Independent.</p>
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		<title>Senate Blocks Extension of Patriot Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s good to see that the general public as well as the Senate are starting to wake-up and undo some of the atriocities which have happened in the past 5 years under the current administration&#8217;s watch.

The Senate needed 60 votes to override a filibuster and end debate, which is called &#8220;invoking cloture.&#8221; Cloture would have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s good to see that the general public as well as the Senate are starting to wake-up and <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/16/patriot.act/">undo some of the atriocities</a> which have happened in the past 5 years under the current administration&#8217;s watch.</p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/16/patriot.act/"><p>
The Senate needed 60 votes to override a filibuster and end debate, which is called &#8220;invoking cloture.&#8221; Cloture would have brought the Patriot Act to a final vote, allowing the Senate to renew it by a simple majority.</p>
<p>But only 52 senators voted to cut off debate; 47 voted against cloture.</p>
<p>The move lays the groundwork for a high-stakes showdown.
</p></blockquote>
<p>In related news, <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&#038;storyID=2005-12-16T195545Z_01_DIT670778_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-PRESIDENTS.xml&#038;archived=False">Bush ranks as the worst president of the last 10 presidents</a> according to a recent survey.</p>
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		<title>Got Hummer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently they&#8217;ve got plenty of Hummer&#8217;s available in Southern Cali.  
Being someone who drives a smaller car than the average American, I&#8217;m looking forward to a shift to smaller, more fuel efficent vehicles in the US.  I just can&#8217;t justify a large vehicle for that 2-3 instances a year that I need one, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently they&#8217;ve <a href="http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2005/11/hummer-overfloweth.html">got plenty of Hummer&#8217;s available in Southern Cali</a>.  </p>
<p>Being someone who drives a smaller car than the average American, I&#8217;m looking forward to a shift to smaller, more fuel efficent vehicles in the US.  I just can&#8217;t justify a large vehicle for that 2-3 instances a year that I need one, and I like the intimacy of the drive you get with a smaller car.  Even better will be when Denver has the whole new <a href="http://www.rtd-denver.com/fastracks/">FasTracks plan</a> implemented, but it&#8217;s strange to think that I&#8217;ll be 40 or so before that&#8217;s done..</p>
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